When most people think of Narnia, they immediately imagine a snowy forested land filled with talking
animals and illuminated by a single lone lamp post but even the casual reader will soon discover that
Narnia is so much more than that. Iit's an entire world filled with mountains and deserts and oceans
and swamps and cities and ruins and nation-states and more mountains. Narnian characters do a lot
of traveling on their quests and keeping all of these locations straight can get confusing,
so today we're going to take a broad look at the world of Narnia and understand the basic
layout of its geography, national boundaries and key locations from your favorite books.
So let's get started! It's time to leave the shadowlands behind
and step into a world that's more real than our own. It's time to follow me...into the wardrobe.
The Land of Narnia is a place that's often misunderstood. Besides the fact that Narnia
only existed as a frozen ice world for a tiny moment in its history many people don't
realize that Narnia is just one country of many that exist in an entire world--a world that's
also known as Narnia. Confusing right? Try to keep up! And Narnia is not even the only world.
There are actually several other universes in an entire complex and interwoven multiverse, and
every now and then these worlds even overlap (as we'll discuss in a future episode). But for now,
let's get back to the world of Narnia, We first discovered the existence of foreign countries
in the first true book the lion the witch and the wardrobe which by the way is the only
proper way to start reading about narnia and we'll discuss that in another future episode
in the scene that's a fan favorite as Lucy meets Mr Tumnus for the first time
mr tumnus gives us the clues about the world surrounding Narnia i'm very pleased to meet you mr
thomas says lucy and may i ask oh lucy daughter of eve said mr tumnus how you have come into narnia
narnia what's that said lucy this is the land of narnia said the fawn where we are now all the
lies between the lamppost and the great castle of care paravel on the eastern sea and you you have
come from the wild woods of the west i i got in through the wardrobe in the spare room said lucy
ah said mr tumnus in a rather melancholy voice if only i had worked harder geography when i
was a little fawn i should no doubt know all about those strange little countries it is too late now
and so as mr tumnus explains narnia is flanked by the wild woods to the west which begin at
the lamppost and the great oceans to the east and while neither tumnus or lucy know much more
than that we've been given a guidebook in the form of an official map of narnia created by narnia's
illustrator pauline baines and mr lewis himself and that's important because countless maps have
been created throughout the years by people trying to piece together the geography of narnia based on
what they read in the books many of these maps contradict each other many are unclear and many
are open to interpretation this amazing illustration is as much of a history of narnia
as it is a map it's overflowing with landmarks and notes and important points of interest
and following the details of the map we can see that it's between these borders
that the majority of the lion the witch in the wardrobe takes place it's where you'll
find many notable landmarks including the white witch's palace the beaver lodge the stone table
the great marsh and the legendary citadel of the kings and queens of narnia care paravel to the
north narnia is bordered by the small land of edinsmore after leaving the marsh edinsmore was
the first waypoint for jill eustis and puddleglum as they followed aslan's quest in the silver chair
on their way they crossed the giants bridge and dodged rock throwing giants
as they pressed onward into the icy wildlands of the north the northern wildlands were the
home of a more barbaric breed of northern giants they were also the territory of the green witch
and location of the passage to a deep subterranean world known as the underland if we were to travel
even farther north assuming we could survive we would find even greater mountains and eventually
aslan's country the southern boundary of narnia is marked by the continental divide
a broad and lush green mountain range and nestled in the middle of this mountain region
is the country of arkanland a kingdom inhabited and ruled by the sons of adam and the daughters of
eve as a neighbor and ally of narnia the kingdom of arkanilan is mentioned in many chronicles
but in one of the first references says we discover that arkanland particularly known far
and wide for its very strong wine which must be diluted with water for even caspian's men to drink
even more importantly though arkanland is remembered as the location of the great battle of
anvard from the horse and his boy before arriving in anvar to warn the king of a coming invasion
shasta bree erevis and nguyen had traveled from even farther south across the great desert all
the way to our final destination on this tour into the mighty southern empire of calumen
in the beginning we don't know much about caliman in the early years of the golden age narnia
entertained some form of diplomatic relations with callerman we first learn of the empire and
prince caspian when king peter standing among the ancient ruins of care perivell finally recognizes
the apple trees that were planted just before a visit by cowmarine ambassadors don't you remember
he said speaking to his siblings it was the very day before the ambassadors came from the king
of kellerman don't you remember planting the orchard outside the north gate of care paravel
the greatest of all wood people pomona herself came to put good spells on it
it was those very decent little chaps the moles who did the actual digging can you have forgotten
that funny old lily groves the chief mole leaning on his spade and saying believe me your majesty
you'll be glad of these fruits one day and by jove he was right however friendly the calamine
ambassador seemed on that day kellerman would soon be seen for what it really was
a dark scourge on the world of narnia it was the land of slave traders thieves tyrants and
conquerors after completely conquering the lands of the south it would eventually set its sights
northward first on arkham and then on narnia itself and from then on kalmarin would remain
narnia's dark and foreboding enemy even until the great and final battle and the end of narnia
well that does it for today's tour but we've still got many more worlds to explore
from the lands beyond the western woods to the mysterious waters at the edge of
the world and everywhere in between if you want to join us for our next trip into the
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in worlds beyond be sure to join us next time as we take another journey into the wardrobe